New shocks

[Cuppa]

When I got my Lovells GVM upgrade I was obliged to have Lovells shocks fitted. No complaints, but haven’t tested them on long distance corrugations yet. At the time I asked if I could substitute them with Konis, but understandably the answer was no. When the Lovells need replacing it’ll definitely be Konis though. Have had them on motorcycles, on both ends of our bus & on the Tvan. They might not look as ‘macho’ as some, but they do the job, do it well & keep on doing it, & when they do eventually get past it they can be rebuilt.

I’m not sure if the double wall construction is common among 4wd shocks, but this is how the Konis are built. One of the shocks on our Tvan has a pretty big ding in it, presumably from a flying rock at speed, which I reckon would have put paid to any single wall shock, but seems to have made no difference at all to the performance of the Koni.

[Ben-e-boy]

I’m not sure if the double wall construction is common among 4wd shocks, but this is how the Konis are built. One of the shocks on our Tvan has a pretty big ding in it, presumably from a flying rock at speed, which I reckon would have put paid to any single wall shock, but seems to have made no difference at all to the performance of the Koni.

Quite common. Also known as a twin tube. You'll find that the majority of the middle - lower end shocks are twin tube with low pressure nitrogen.
Mono tubes without a remote reservior are not very common on the Aus 4x4 market as far as I am aware as they require a floating piston to seperate the generally higher pressure nitrogen, which has to share the same 'tube' as the piston and shaft. This reduces the available travel the shock has for same dimensions the equivalent twin tube has. To get around around that you would use a remote reservior to house the floating piston.

[michaelgreeny]

Cheers guys, never heard of Koni's but after doing some research they seem like a pretty solid choice. Does anyone happen to know off hand what the part numbers are of the shocks I need to replace all 4 on a 2009 CRD 3.0l GU?

[Plasnart]

Cant find my receipts now but i bought mine through Outlaw Speed Shop in Adelaide, sourced from a Vic warehouse. They did a better deal than my local Koni dealer who had a take-it-or-leave-it attitude. I have good memories of their service so maybe give them a call.